muddy
abounding in or covered with mud.
not clear or pure: muddy colors.
cloudy with sediment: muddy coffee.
dull, as the complexion.
not clear mentally.
obscure or vague, as thought, expression, or literary style.
Horse Racing. denoting the condition of a track after a heavy, continuous rainfall has ceased and been completely absorbed into the surface, leaving it the consistency of thick mud.
to make muddy; soil with mud.
to make turbid.
to cause to be confused or obscure.
to become muddy.
Origin of muddy
1Other words from muddy
- mud·di·ly, adverb
- mud·di·ness, noun
- un·mud·died, adjective
- un·mud·dy, adjective
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How to use muddy in a sentence
The Hirst affair muddies the efforts to dismiss the Choe murals as an anomaly.
He did what they would not, as the thrall who pulls off our boots muddies his hands that we may keep ours clean.
The Ward of King Canute | Ottilie A. LiljencrantzBreak for it, before anybody else gets there and muddies the water.
Si Klegg, Book 6 (of 6) | John McElroy
British Dictionary definitions for muddy
/ (ˈmʌdɪ) /
covered or filled with mud
not clear or bright: muddy colours
cloudy: a muddy liquid
(esp of thoughts) confused or vague
to become or cause to become muddy
Derived forms of muddy
- muddily, adverb
- muddiness, noun
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